Sex, Lies and HIV: When what you don’t tell your partner is a crime By Sergio Hernandez Special to ProPublica This story was co-published with BuzzFeed (The IV in a Series) On June 26, 2008, Nick Rhoades was at home in Plain-field, Iowa, when he received a chat invitation on Gay.com, a dating and social networking site. The sender, Adam Plendl, was a 22-year-old student at the University of Northern Iowa. ...